Human Development Report 2016

The 2016 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent, analytically and empirically groundeddiscussions of major development issues, trends and policies.

Key Messages

This Report conveys five basic messages

• Universalism is key to human development, and human development for everyone is attainable
• Various groups of people still suffer from basic deprivations and face substantial barriers to overcoming them
• Human development for everyone calls for refocusing some analytical issues and assessment perspectives
• Policy options exist and, if implemented, would contribute to achieving human development for ....